All housing market articles – Page 5
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News
House prices flat in September as inflation soars
Official figures show annual growth in value of homes now outpaced by spiralling inflation
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In Focus
Help to Buy: It’s the end of an era
The final applications have been submitted and the government’s equity loan scheme in England is due to wind up on 31 March next year. Emily Twinch considers what impact this will have on housebuilders.
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News
Asking prices drop 1.1% in a month
Rightmove says latest fall is result of market turbulence but in-line with pre-pandemic seasonal trends
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Social housing repairs boost helps construction defy UK economic slump
Industry shows ‘resilience’ with third consecutive month of expansion
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House prices ‘grind to a halt’ as lettings market grows, says RICS
New buyer enquiries fell for a sixth consecutive month, respondents to the surveyor body’s October survey showed
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Calls grow to help struggling homeowners amid rising interest rates
About 400,000 people will be pulled into poverty with higher mortgage rates, a charity has calculated.
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October house price drop sharpest for 20 months, says Halifax
Building society figures show average house prices fell by 0.4% in October
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UK house prices fell sharply in October, says Nationwide
Building society says drop of nearly 1% was first month on month fall since July last year
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Lloyds predicts 8.8% fall in house prices next year
Halifax-owner sets aside £668m for defaults as it braces for market fall
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Fears over ‘uncomfortable landing’ for house prices after August rise
Official figures show annual price inflation running at 13.6% prior to mini budget announcement
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Stamp Duty cut survives new chancellor’s £32bn mini-budget climbdown
Jeremy Hunt junks majority of predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax cuts but retains £1.6bn per annum stamp duty saving
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Demand falls 15% as homebuyers pause plans amid uncertainty, says Rightmove
Average house price grew 0.9% in October, according to index
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Housebuilders’ share prices rise as Hunt delivers emergency statement
Bond markets settle as new chancellor ditches his predecessor’s mini budget
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Barratt’s sales rate slumps 47% on 2021 numbers
Shares fall as UK’s biggest housebuilder cuts volume expectations as customers feel mortgage squeeze
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Annual house price growth ‘slows to single digits’
Housing market may have entered sustained period of slower growth, says Halifax
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Average UK mortgage rates at highest for 14 years
The rate for a two-year fixed mortgage has topped 6% for the first time since 2008
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Housebuilding work grew in September amid deepening gloom
Business confidence at its lowest level in two years
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Watkin Jones issues profit warning blaming ‘recent market volatility’
Build-to-rent specialist says operating profit will be 10% lower than expected as sales delayed in wake of mini budget
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House price growth stalled in September
Nationwide figures show market stuttering prior to withdrawal of hundreds of mortgages in recent days